In Huangdi Neijing, it is proposed that "the doctor with the best medical skills is not good at treating diseases, but can prevent diseases." It can be seen that prevention is always more important than cure in Chinese medicine. In the face of a variety of modern diseases, and the age of onset is getting lower and lower, and there are more and more sub-health people, it is undoubtedly the most appropriate way to use Chinese medicine for health care.
Huangdi Neijing is a comprehensive medical work, which establishes the theories of Yin and Yang, five elements, pulse condition, Tibetan image, meridians, etiology, pathogenesis, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, health preservation and luck.
Discussing medicine in a holistic view presents a "holistic medical model" of nature, biology, psychology and society (according to the research of modern scholars, it is considered that the traces of Huang family in this edition are invaded by Taoist priests in Sui and Tang Dynasties). Its basic material comes from the long-term observation of life phenomena in ancient China, a lot of clinical practice and simple anatomical knowledge.